Technology

With this practical, step-by-step guide, teachers and school administrators will uncover five components that help improve student achievement and decrease classroom problems.

Explore how you can continually adapt to an ever-changing culture, and uncover the technologies you must adopt to create an effective classroom.

Discover how to incorporate digital games and use them to craft engaging, academically applicable classroom activities that revitalize teaching and learning.

Discover user-friendly strategies for implementing project-based learning to equip students with essential 21st century skills and prepare them for college and careers.

Gain strategies for reshaping the traditional classroom to give modern students opportunities to exercise choice in their curriculum and master new skills.

Discover how teachers can become learning partners with their students. Help students develop enthusiasm for learning and employ deep learning goals.

With the adoption of the Common Core State Standards, there is a renewed focus on developing writing skills and, along with it, an awareness that the new digital technologies have much to contribute in this vital area.

Discover how technology allows students to take ownership of their learning, create and share learning tools, and participate in meaningful work.

ChatGPT—one of the most valuable technology tools for teachers and learners—became widely available in the fall of 2022. Since then, artificial intelligence (AI) tools like ChatGPT have taken education by storm. Teachers are using these tools to create new content, differentiate their instruction, identify strategies for teaching and reteaching concepts to their students, and work more efficiently and effectively. Just as important, students are using these tools to improve their understanding of complex ideas, identify new paths of learning in their areas of personal interest, and receive targeted feedback on their work. Because AI tools are changing how we work and learn, classroom teachers must reflect on their potential and understand their limitations.

Matthew Rhoads, EdD, is an expert and innovator in educational technology and instructional strategy integration within online, blended, and traditional classroom settings. With a background in special education, he co-teaches regularly while coaching teachers and presenting professional development.